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i think hagel is in a similar position higgle is what for most of my life people all thought of as a republican it's only in the last ten or fifteen years that the republican party has shifted his views away from. natural position and so i would say today probably most republicans don't see hagel as a republican but there are still some who do the previous defense minister if i could say that he was talking about not reducing presence in the middle east yet expanding presence in asia that hagel doesn't seem to be i'm not sure it's completely different i mean as you know from your broad experience here in washington all of the messages have various audiences so let's keep in mind obama when he became elected said he was going to wind down the war in iraq said that he was going to withdraw all eventually from afghanistan and he has been doing that now there are those in the american body politic who opposed it. and so obama has had to be able to carry with him. is in the congress and in the country and sometimes in building a majority it's useful to have a secretary of defense who soun
i think hagel is in a similar position higgle is what for most of my life people all thought of as a republican it's only in the last ten or fifteen years that the republican party has shifted his views away from. natural position and so i would say today probably most republicans don't see hagel as a republican but there are still some who do the previous defense minister if i could say that he was talking about not reducing presence in the middle east yet expanding presence in asia that hagel...
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let me start with this why chuck hagel well i think very important is because president obama likes him and trusts him. and thinks that he. do a good job at the defense department i think we have to remember that chuck hagel was an early supporter of barack obama in two thousand and eight when he was first campaigning for president he traveled with obama to iraq and afghanistan at the time. and it's important that he's a republican and so this demonstrates that the president on the one hand this is able to attract at least some kind of republican support and secondly that the president is able to suck the message through this kind of a point about let's not forget chuck hagel is a veteran of the vietnam war he was a noncommissioned officer in the vietnam war. and as a result of that. he became very very cautious about war. it's he will be the first. non-commissioned officer ever to be secretary of defense i think that's also a very powerful message. and the republicans actually see him as a republican well some republicans do it let me remind you of president ronald reagan who began his
let me start with this why chuck hagel well i think very important is because president obama likes him and trusts him. and thinks that he. do a good job at the defense department i think we have to remember that chuck hagel was an early supporter of barack obama in two thousand and eight when he was first campaigning for president he traveled with obama to iraq and afghanistan at the time. and it's important that he's a republican and so this demonstrates that the president on the one hand...
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and will they or won't they chuck hagel faces a vote before the senate to become the next secretary of defense but his nomination has not been an easy process if confirmed what can we expect for the new man who will lead the pentagon. and its back to the cybersecurity bill cispa has returned from the graveyard we'll tell you about the proposed bill that could give the n.s.a. power to snoop on your internet activities. it's wednesday february thirteenth five pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching our. start of taking a look at president obama's state of the union address. last night touched on everything from jobs to guns to immigration the president covered a lot of ground in artie's meghan lopez was at the capitol last night to ask lawmakers some critical questions mr speaker. the president of united states a phrase that brings the media to the steps of capitol hill year after year five hundred thirty five lawmakers some forty four million viewers all looking to hear one man's plan for our country's future party was there and beyond the pomp. the grand handing and
and will they or won't they chuck hagel faces a vote before the senate to become the next secretary of defense but his nomination has not been an easy process if confirmed what can we expect for the new man who will lead the pentagon. and its back to the cybersecurity bill cispa has returned from the graveyard we'll tell you about the proposed bill that could give the n.s.a. power to snoop on your internet activities. it's wednesday february thirteenth five pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz...